Fantasy novel, second in a trilogy following The Stone in the Skull (2017), set in the fantasy world of the Lotus Kingdoms.
• Macmillan’s site has this description with an excerpt.
• The Publishers Weekly review calls it a “satisfyingly complex sequel” and concludes, “Sorcery and scheming successfully propel the characters and plot lines of this rich and lovely India-tinged fantasy.”

SF novel, second in a series following Space Unicorn Blues (2018), about a universe in which magical creatures, who provided faster-than-light travel, have disappeared.
• Angry Robot’s site has this description with an excerpt.

Collection of three novellas, follow-up to The Legacy Chronicles: Trial by Fire (2018), both books companions to the author’s Lorien Legacies Reborn series, itself a spin-off to the I Am Number Four series.
• HarperCollins’ site has this description.

Fantasy novel, first published as three digital-only novellas (The Serpent, The Thief, and The Master, all 2015), about a magical gaming house.
• Hachette’s site has this description.
• Amazon’s “Look Inside” function provides previews.
• The Publishers Weekly review comments, “World Fantasy Award winner North melds her separate tales into an intricate critique of world history as a game board controlled by competitive and coolly disinterested gamers who are willing to sacrifice their pawns without regret or remorse.”

Short SF novel about a survivor from a group of astronauts sent to explore the Oort Cloud, where they discovered a strange alien rock.
• Simon & Schuster’s site has this description.
• Amazon’s “Look Inside” function provides previews.

Historical fantasy novel about a young man in 15th century Florence who sees and performs miracles.
• Macmillan’s site has this description with an excerpt.
• Publishers Weekly gives it a starred review: “Fans of Connie Willis and The Good Place will be awed by this nuanced, loving grapple with better selves and better worlds.”
• Gary K. Wolfe reviews it in the May issue of Locus Magazine, concluding “What began as a riveting historical about a fascinating figure whose self-destructive pride insured both his demise and his lasting influence ends up as a rather dizzying timeline adventure leading to a conclusion that ingeniously satisfies both the terms of its 15th-century Florentine worldview and the SF-like machinery that makes it work.”

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